Unpowered Mechanical Gate Opener, the Video
Reader captures footage of a car-powered mechanical gate opener.
Modern Mechanix
Hi Sibley DIY archives
When writer and maker Hi Sibley died in 1971, the editors of Popular Mechanics dubbed him the dean of do-it-yourself. Hi wrote hundreds of articles over the years for Popular Science and Popular Mechanics, many of which are now available online through Google Books. Howard Fink has created a Hi Sibley blog and bibliography that […]
Scottish rotary boat lift – The Falkirk Wheel
This amazing machine transfers boats between the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals of central Scotland, which are some 80 feet apart vertically. It was opened in 2002. Gareth wrote last year about artist Andy Scott’s proposal to install a pair of titanic mythical sea-horse heads as part of the lock mechanism below the wheel. […]
The Story of the Match ~ a Great World Industry
The Story of the Match ~ a Great World Industry – Modern Mechanix 1930. Modern methods and modern machinery have trans formed the making of matches from a dangerous, disease-producing business into one of the world’s great industries. Here we have the story of how science has made the present-day match possible. HOW many matches […]
Get your fun on with these FREAK cameras (and freaking cameras!)
Here’s a fun giggle-modded camera from 1932 – Party Fun With This FREAK Camera IF YOU are looking for something different in party entertainment, perhaps a freak camera similar to that shown here will help. This camera started life as a store box. A little paint and a trimming of lantern-slide tape transformed it into […]
Interactive radio… 1937
Listeners Applaud Program Modern Mechanix, 1937 – BY PRESSING an electric switch, radio listeners may express approval of a current radio program. Holding down a small switch attached to the base of a small lamp placed near the radio, the increased current drain is shown at the local power plant or substation. Now being used […]
Headwork in the garden
Headwork in the Garden, Science And Mechanics – 1957… THE chic hat Paul Johnson of Jacksonville, Fla., wears while gardening may not keep off the iun, but it will bring in all local radio stations. The one-tube radio headset operates on two dry cells to enable him to keep up with his favorite programs while […]
